On December 24, 2012 the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association [formerly ICPA], filed a Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] request on the Office of the Commissioner of the Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Executive Secretary of the Public Utility Regulatory Authority. We requested all documents and communications and work products concerning the state’s comprehensive energy plan.

Last week, the staff of the Public Utility Regulatory Authority [PURA], requested an extension of time to comment on the state energy plan from its parent organization – DEEP, and DEEP denied their request. We find it strange that DEEP’s staff would deny the staff of their own subagency the opportunity to comment on the state energy plan.